Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Quote by Sophocles

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There is no success without hardship.

There is no success without hardship.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.